Cop fatally shoots man after chase

Police had received a 911 call at about 8:45 p.m. about a disturbance involving a man firing a gun in the 1100 block of North Monticello Avenue, said Chicago police spokesman Pat Camden.

A Harrison District sergeant, who was in a police car on Division Street, drove to the scene on Monticello, where a crowd was gathered, Camden said. A woman pointed out a man as the one who had fired the shots.

The man turned, grabbed his waist as if holding a gun and took off north on foot, Camden said. The sergeant ran after him, following him through a vacant lot and into an alley. There, the man turned toward the sergeant, pulled out a gun, crouched and started to aim when the sergeant fired several shots, Camden said.

The unidentified man was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Camden said. A .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol was recovered from the scene, Camden said.